I also made regular Mahatma rice (I wasn't about to go buy jasmine rice all special for this one dish, even though I bought curry spice for this one dish) and spinach. There's some kind of spinach dish served at Indian restaurants, but I was too lazy at this point to try and figure out what it was.

It came out fine; very spicy. It made my stomach hurt, as all curry does, so I must have done something right. Although it was missing something; a warmer, maybe creamier flavor? This is most likely because I couldn't find plain yogurt in something smaller than 36 ounces at the store, and didn't bother with the coconut milk. I just used regular milk.

So, lesson learned: you can't always just substitute something. Especially when it's the first time you've made it and you don't know what you're doing.